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Zest Recipe Manager 1.1 Released!

Here’s an early Christmas present for you: a new release of Zest Recipe Manager!

The headline feature for this release is improved sharing via email. Sharing recipes with your friends couldn’t be simpler: all they need is an email address. There’s no need to sign up for anything, nor does your friend need any special software. All the important recipe details are included in the email body:

Once your friends see your recipes, though, they may be tempted to try Zest! And if they do they’ll be able to import shared recipes into their own collection by opening the archive attached to each recipe email. Invite your food-loving friends to install Zest so you can swap recipes both ways! We’ve even made this simple with a new “Invite Friends” feature:

On top of these new features, we’ve been working hard on improving recipe importing to make it smarter and compatible with more sites. A big thanks to all users that have requested sites, your feedback has been the driving force behind these improvements, which include: